Flying into September - a new term for the Fledglings

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Welcome to the September Fledgling Flylady Thread.

This thread is for people with CHAOS (can't have anyone over syndrome). We follow Flylady, the website with a mission!

All are welcome on this thread, experienced flyers and newcomers alike.

We try to follow the commandments of Flylady as we run our homes, loosely anyway. In between there's lots of chat and support as we go through our daily lives. We have coffee, cake, and a naughty corner for those who want to chat but CBA with their house some days. However you follow it, this thread is designed to make your life a little easier and more fun.

For those who are new to the system (and those needing a refresher), there are several aspects to the system:

1. Babysteps. These build a routine. Some are really useful, some are downright odd and some are, quite frankly, there to be ignored. They build a good foundation though.

1. Decluttering. Flylade is evangelical about clutter. In order to feel good about our homes we need to ditch the clutter. Flylady divides the home into zones, week by week and repeating monthly. As well as babysteps, we have to declutter in the relevant zone. Once that is achieved we move on to...

1. Missions. Also in the current zone, these are targetted tasks to tackle one particular aspect. One a day, they vary month to month.

1. Deep Cleaning. Once we have completely decluttered (some of us seem to be stuck permanently on that stage) there are deep cleaning lists for each zone. Achieve that and your house will be spotless!

One last thing - the Flylady website encourages us to subscribe to her emails - one word - DON"T! You will be overwhelmed by them. Instead come to this thread every morning and the relevant links for the day will be there waiting for you except when the thread leader has been on the

A big thank you to Bitchy for last month, and also for doing this Sunday's links as I am off camping.

Darn! The message typed on my phone at 3am has vanished!

Toffee The Boy is my son. He is 20 and works in a hotel in the Lake District (we are in South Oxon). Up until last weekend we hadnt seen him since New Year :o. His days off are during the week and as holidays are few and far between this is the first time hes been able to come down for a few days!

Just I am the one with the unhelpful DH. He has been the same for the 13 years I have known him. He just doesnt seem to think about putting things back in the place he got them from or clearing after himself after he's devestated the kitchen. He even laughs at my BIL who always clears the table and then washes up. Thinks he's under the thumb!

Ta Da list:
. DD to school and party invitations distributed.
. Made a start on sewing quilt together
. DD to swimming club
. menus planned and food bought
. laundry in and hung to dry
. empty dishwasher and shine sink

Need to clear the dining room of all the stuff I dumped in there on Tuesday so that we can eat at the table and ideally tackle ironing mountain!

dizzy - how lovely that you are seeing your son again soon! I hope the weekend visit goes well.

So sorry for all of you who had sleepless nights .

Just taking DS1 out to a cafe for more CBT practice. He is actually looking forward to it . Need to be back in time for a visit from MIL, then home ed and house tidy before lovely cleaner turns up this afternoon.

Enjoyed having a double bed all to myself last night. There are some advantages to DH being away after all.

Ugh feel totally lifeless today yawn

I will plough away on a few jobs some days but then I feel back to square one as I'm not making a debt in the clutter really :(

Ugh ugh ugh

Waving to all

Morning all,

Done
Morning routines
Dd to school
Laundry hung out
Washing up done
Dry laundry away
Mopped bathroom & kitchen floors
Cleaned litter tray
Tidied &restocked bird food containers

Resisted killing DH after he sighed over me not putting a pen back correctly! He's not even dressed yet FFS. It's kind of a relief to know I'm not the only mug re housework. The only problem with Flylady is the more organised I get, the more I do. I find he slacks off until I lose it with him, then he's back on track and pulls his weight for a while, then it all starts again. I can't work out if it's laziness or he doesn't see the dirt. it's laziness, isn't it

Right off to work now.

CBT practice completed successfully. Well done DS1 .
MIL listened to politely. Well done me .

Have to get the house ready for cleaner at 1pm, plus fit in some home ed with DS1. Am not sure what I should be doing with him to prepare him for the (potential) new school, but I think just revising basic Maths, English and handwriting is probably best for now.

Unfortunately, he is more interested in learning about computer hacking and can now turn off my computer from his own computer, which is very annoying, but hilarious for him . Have begged him to stay off military and government websites .

Jess - don't beat yourself up about it if you're having a bad day. I have days when I just can't get anything done in the house - I have no energy or will to do it at all. I have learned to go with it, as I find that I will have the energy back on another day. It's usually to do with illness or lack of sleep (or just boredom).

Goth - your DH has a bloody cheek! My DH informed me, when I returned from my week away, that it was important that we put our dirty dishes straight into the dishwasher. Er, yes, that's what I always do. It's like the time he once told me, as if it was going to be a revelation to me, that the secret of keeping the kitchen clean was washing up as you went along. Gosh, I'd never thought of that!

I'm afraid they just don't notice what we do until it doesn't get done.

This technique might work for husbands, as well as kids .

Hahaha I think I would kill a husband if I had one !!

Done;
School run
Pegged a load of washing out
2.5 hours of ironing :(
Now planning to clean the toilets.

Hoping to blitz the conservatory tomorrow.

Does anyone know if you can buy replacement oven shelves!?

Toffee...I found the bbc website very good for revision/preparation when I was home schooling ds1.

What a beautiful day :)
Went for my last long run before Great North Run on 15th - I will be doing some shorter ones but this was the last big one. Should have been about 10 miles but knee injury affected training for a few months so only up to 7. I am hoping that 54,999 other runners, the atmosphere and bloody-mindedness will get me round in a decent time (for me) :)

I have also done:

• 30mins work
• All up and out with packed lunches
• Washing on
• Bath and something to eat (banana and chocolate fingers )
• Answered door to 4 delivery men - DH has been on a work buying spree
• Put on fabulous 40/50s style summer dress I got in a charity shop for £8. I feel like a movie star but only the delivery men are getting the full effect :)

Need to:

• Hang out washing
• Washing up from breakfast
• Some work
• Make dinner so ready for DC after diving/swimming and before Guides

Just want to lounge in hammock and drink long, cool drinks :)

ta da

-made red current muffins
-2 loads of washing

• lunch on time

-kids down for nap - kind of on time. -writing apologetic emails to my eBay buyers for not posting stuff on time -sorting shoes & stuff by front door. we have 7 large boxes for shoes, 2 for me, 2 for DH, 3 for kids (trainers, crocs, school shoes) plus 1 for DH's motorbike stuff, 1 for school jumpers, ties,baseball caps and a large box for bookbags & water bottles. all labelled accordingly and the whole thing looks neat when tidy.

I found 2 library books, bits of lego, odd socks and some clothes in the process - I feel better for getting this done, makes mornings much easier.

to do

• PE kits sorted for DS2 & DS3 for tomorrow and as we'll have to search for green t-shirts we might as well... - ...tidy up the clothes currently filling up the spare cot.

(it is full. a whole cot. it's ridiculous)

• nag DS1 & DS2 to practice piano.
• dream up some dinner
• plan tomorrow.

I hope DH is working from home tomorrow as choir practice is back on and I don't fancy dragging all the kids with me.
(I was so unwell on Tuesday I forgot to take DS1 - first one after summer. so embarrassing!
it's a very serious choir at a Royal Chapel, so missing practice is a big thing!)

Toffee I don't think I could do that, he was lucky I didn't ram the pencil up his nose, which was my first response. He has no idea how much his fussing over the desk does my head in. And then after I mopped the kitchen floor commenting it was 'good enough' as it was a state (I have been baking) he said "well I did buy some disinfectant" *BUY! He should try using it!"

It saves my marriage being able to vent on here. He could be so much worse, but then again, he could be a lot better too. It's a good job he does amazing head, back and foot massages.

At work now, so there's no risk to him now.

Feet I hope you're going to wear something distinctive so we can look out for you on your run.

Wow everyone is doing so much today !!

I've done better than expected so far

Ta da

All new school shirts and trousers washed and hanging
Some dishes washed
Lots of rubbish put out
Some washing put away in ds draws
Grocery shopping done
Lunch made

To do

Not ready to go there !!

Not sure I can be that distinctive Goth as there will be 55,000 running

I maywear a turquoise tutu if it arrives and I have the nerve. Other than that it will be a turquoise Winston's Wish running vest with my name on it and a red, sweaty face :o

Just that is very interesting. I must try and check what is going on, never thought of it in that light. Must chase SEN dept re: ds1's dyspraxic differentiation. I can see now if we had kept our heads we could have asked for the project to be more appropriate, ie: write about Odysseus, write a review of a film about a Hero. Ds would have enjoyed that, and done it himself. Blast .

others blackcurrant sorbet, ghost stories, and bike rides, also zing choir, all sound a great start to Sept.

done
6.45 start - dd on her bus
two loads of washing
dropped ds2 at school (this is going to be a regular thing at least there was no traffic
lovely coffee in park on way home, met a friendly dog walker
two more phone calls
cleaned kitchen
decided what's for dinner (salmon)
made start on tidying our bedroom
put away clothes

not going to get it all done before setting off at 2.45 to pick up ds2, and I feel exhausted by my early start...

oh it is time to go, drat...

Today i have mostly been reading a book and a tad distracted. thank god i did the errands earlier in the week.

You are all amazing! I am feeling very overwhelmed and I am sure it is my cluttered dirty house getting me down. I always feel like I have a million things to do but never seem to do them! Perhaps, like Toffee and Knitwitch were saying, I ought to post a list of absolutely every small thing I have done which may make me feel better?!

Sick of shouting at the kids too. Think I am in a bit of a rut.

anyway I'm not one to dwell on things ... deep breath and get on with it. Will be back on here tomorrow as I'm sure being on here will help!

Waaaah. I am sooooo tired.

Waaaah. Done no flying

Waaaah. Fell off the diet wagon on the second day back on it.

Waaaah. Waaaah. Waaaah. Got ds's application form for secondary school today. It will not happen. He is only about 5.

Waaaah. I love you all. I'm going to bed.

Work today so not done much again

Ta da

All up fed dressed and out
Pots
One wash load
Work
All fed and bed

To do

Pets
Bottles
Tidy living room
Dryer on

Just got in from work. Have done bugger all flying and am unlikely to start now!

Hope everyone gets a good night's sleep after all the 3am wakings (mine inluded) last night

ellie well the great thing about Secondary is that they are babies again, compared to the other children there - and they look so sweet in their blazers and far too long trousers.

Ds1 has been like someone on speed all afternoon/evening - he would not stop talking - in fact it was impossible to hear what the twins had to say about their schools because he kept on interrupting with his opinions/tiresome questions - I honestly think he was more excited than them at the thought of Big School.

Ds2 and dd have been fine, although ds2 had a bit of a meltdown later when I said he couldn't watch Educating Yorkshire with ds1. So he is very tired by it all, but bearing up generally.

Dd put her own clothes in the washing machine this evening, a new adventure. She is determined that her school socks should be clean!

done
kitchen tidied before bed
homework supervised
dd set up the new printer
went to library
bought two sets of rugby boots
labelled Ds2's PE kit
bags by door
children showered
ds2 tended to
supper was salmon/sweetcorn/greenbeans, rice and tomato salsa

Watched Educating Yorkshire - didn't realise the new fashion for those painted eyebrows and Amy Winehouse hair - hope dd doesn't catch on, help..

That Educating Yorkshire is only a couple of miles from where I live.

Agree swan about the big hair and eyebrows - that's what lots of the girls look like where I teach too! Hoping it has gone out of fashion by the time DD goes to secondary!

Feeling a bit more positive! Night all